Hi all,
An even cheaper price on the Pro4 mATX compared to the last post and shipping looks to be a bit cheaper for me too.
Also on sale are:
AsRock B550 Pro4 AM4 ATX Motherboard for $189.20;
AsRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4/ac AM4 ATX Motherboard for $180.40
Enjoy
Wondering the same, I can get the B550M-A for $149, so wondering if there is a better B550 out there for less.
I am still waiting for the shopping notice for the $149 deal…….taking their sweet time
Apparently the budget Asus boards aren't very good.
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/i8jz6a/a_hyper_in…
^This is a useful post (wall of text warning) that highly recommends the Pro4.
Can confirm. Bought the asus weeks before that reddit post. And in Vic I can't return :(
Go forth and build the PC I wish I had <3
I have been using ASRock B550M Pro4 for few days now - so far rock solid considering the price I paid. It has lots of options that other budget boards lack (like 4 fan headers, USB-C port at the back, nice looking heatsink, 3 M.2 ports incl. one Gen4, one half spec'd Gen3 and one for M.2 WiFi)
I was so impressed that I ordered a 2nd board during eBay Plus 20% discount and touch wood I will have decent experience with these
Check out this review from Hardware Unboxed - this board even passed (almost) Overclocked Ryzen 3950x stress test.
I would strongly recommend this board if you are on strict budget.
Could you define strict budget?
'Strict Budget' is subjective I guess, but lets say if you have $180-$200 budget for a B550 board (because top of the range boards are $250+) then I would definitely consider this.
Same experience here. Very happy with it. Aesthetics looks very good as well. Given the price I shouldn't really complain but here goes nothing:
Agree with you, specially number 4 is very annoying.
FYI - not sure if you have experienced any issue, as soon as I downloaded ASROCK polychrome RGB control application and changed some LED lighting on my Silicon Power RGB RAM, the RAM started making high pitch noise (from the LED) - checked google and few people also reported this same issue… I couldn't get it fixed so returned the RAM
I wonder if that Asrock app somehow contributed this issue, but most likely it could be dodgy RAM
Any good X570 board deals?
Will the B550m run Zen+?
Yes.
Only the 300 series boards can't run Zen3 (only up to Zen2), everything else can. 400 series boards will be able to run Zen3 early next year (late Jan, I think) when the bios are ready.
If you don't already have a motherboard I'd pay a bit more for B550 though.
I imagine some of the older B450 Mobos like mine will have a slow / buggy transition to the new chips.
Compatibility wise… there's no difference.
Sure, provided you bought crappy quality board, still… it'll be able to run the new chips after a bios update.
While true, that doesn't answer the question. OP was asking about backwards compatibility of B550 with Zen+/Ryzen 2000.
To be clear, NO B550 board is compatible with Zen+
Backward compatibility on AM4 should be a thing but it isn't for the B550, oh well.
@mizx: Regardless, please be careful before answering people's questions as mis-purchases with this kind of stuff can be very costly!
Looks like the B550M is out of stock now
Checked before and it was OOS
However it looks to have been restocked. After shipping Shopping Express looks to be slightly cheaper.
Shopping Express have it for $149 + $11.30 shipping to Brisbane.
Should have read above before posting…
How is the vdroop on this board?
Mmmmm OP sus
Should i get the asrock b550m now or wait for a better deal?
Delivery fee kills the deal.
this or the asus b550m-a?